Reports Report 5628a (Event 5628-2020)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Patrick M |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | By far the brightest and most colorful thing I’ve ever seen in the night sky. I didn’t even know shooting stars could look like that, so I had to research to make sure it was possible, and my research led me here. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Jordan, MT |
| Latitude | 47° 49' 14.64'' N (47.820732°) |
| Longitude | 106° 36' 47.02'' W (-106.61306°) |
| Elevation | 687.377014m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2020-09-21 23:15 MDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2020-09-22 05:15 UT |
| Duration | ≈1.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 192° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 247.78° |
| First azimuth | 245.18° |
| First elevation | 61° |
| Last azimuth | 250.63° |
| Last elevation | 32° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -7 |
| Color | Purple, Pink, Blue, Green, Orange, Yellow, Red |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 1s |
| Length | 30° |
| Remarks | For a half second, the trail glowed the entire rainbow of colors |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | No fragmentation, upon reaching the end of its path there was a mild increase in brighten and then it was gone |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |